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Southern Highlands · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1941

32 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 2 of 2

Empire Theatre "North West Mounted Police"

The Southern Mail · Friday 3 October 1941 · page 3

[?]ork of the Canadian mounted [?] tracking down criminal is [?] in many parts of the world, [?] patrons of the Empire Theatre,…

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Charges Stealing Large Sum Involved

The Southern Mail · Monday 6 October 1941 · page 2

At Bowral Police Court on Friday before Mr. W. R. Clyde, J.P., Harry Lees, bookkeeper, was charged with stealing the sum of £500 from…

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Military Court-martial

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 29 October 1941 · page 1

Most civilians are probably of opinion that there is only one sort of court-martial by which a soldier on the active list can be…

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Busy Court in November Cases Adjourner From October Court

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 4 November 1941 · page 3

The Magistrate (Mr. M. J Ryan) will have a busy day on 28th November if no further adjournments are granted in cases deferred from the…

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Attempted Suicide Bundanoon Resident Before Court

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 4 November 1941 · page 2

The sequel to a bedside vigil at the Berrima District Hospital by police, was heard at Moss Vale Court on Wednesday, when Cyril John Wilson…

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Attempted Suicide Bundanoon Resident Before Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 5 November 1941 · page 2

At the Moss Vale Police Court on Wednesday last, before Mr. M. J. Ryan, P.M., Cyril John Wilson pleaded guilty to a charge of…

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Assault Costs Over Sixty Pounds Mittagong Resident Before Court

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 November 1941 · page 4

A disturbance at Mittagong on the night of 28th June, 1941, resulted in Mervyn Jobson, of Mittagong, being found guilty of assault at Moss Vale…

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Stealing Charge Withdrawn No Evidence to Offer

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 December 1941 · page 5

When a case in which Henry Nepveur Lees was charged with stealing £500 from W. Cuitt Pty., Butchers, of Bowral, was called in Bowral…

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Sold Milk Under Standard Two Cases at Bowral Court

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 December 1941 · page 2

At Bowral Police Court on Friday, Bowral Council proceeded against two milk vendors for selling milk not of the standard required by the…

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Aliens Were Outside Specified Area Case at Bowral Court

The Southern Mail · Friday 12 December 1941 · page 3

Al last sitting of Bowral Police Court two Italian charcoal burners, Berilaque Umberto and Leopoldo Contaganna, were charged with…

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Bush Fire Menace Police Co-operation Sought

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 30 December 1941 · page 3

At a meeting of Nattai Shire Council on Saturday it was decided to write to the Commissioner of Police asking that police make patrols of…

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